UBUNTU PLATFORM

Ubuntu-it's a word describing an African worldview, which translates as "I am because you are," and which means that individuals need other people to be fulfilled. And that is what this blog is all about.My contact details are: Ayoub Mzee- Tel +447960811614, email: swahilidiaries@yahoo.co.uk. Alternatively you can watch my program- swahili diaries on BEN TV SKY 184 or www.bentelevision.com every week Tuesdays at 10pm and Sundays at 10AM. Enjoy News stories in Photographs

Monday 24 December 2007

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Inquiry into BNP http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3263743.ece An inquiry into 'apparent illegal activity and financial irregularities' in the BNP has begun after Labour MP John Cruddas made a request of the police and Electoral Commission after allegations made by Searchlight.
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Two restraint methods used on children banned http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/dec/20/youthjustice Two methods of control and restraint used on children have been banned while their safety is checked following the death of Gareth Myatt.

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Released Guantanamo detainees in court http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,2230226,00.html Two of the three British residents who were flown back from Guantanamo Bay yesterday will appear before Westminster magistrates.

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Protesters blockade immigration depots http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/story/0,,2229314,00.html Protesters against the forced removal of asylum seekers have staged a countrywide blockade of immigration offices and depots.

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Victims of trafficking win compensation http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2228263,00.html Four women, victims of trafficking who suffered a 'sustained period of sexual abuse', have won compensation under a new interpretation of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority guidelines
Somalia:
A year after Ethiopia ’s intervention

Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Russell Square, London WC1N

A year ago Ethiopia intervened in Somalia to install Abdullahi Yussuf as head of a Federal Democratic Government. Citing threats by the Union of Islamic Courts to Ethiopian territory, the Ethiopians swiftly overran southern Somalia and took the capital Mogadishu .

Since then resistance to the Ethiopians, and the Africa Union peacekeeping force which is supposed to replace them, has mounted leading to thousands of Somalis fleeing the capital, and creating a humanitarian disaster.

This discussion will analyse what has happened and seek ways towards peace and the restoration of Somali sovereignty.

Speakers:
Dr Ahmed Samatar (Dean, Institute for Global Citizenship, Macalester University )
Sahal Abdulle (Reuters)
Cedric Barnes (Researcher, Foreign Commonwealth Office)

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